# Brrrrrrrrrr in the MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [January 25, 2016, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brrrrrrrrrr-in-the-mmp/744164 "2016-01-25T10:25:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brrrrrrrrrr-in-the-mmp/744164/81 "2016-01-26T20:24:37Z")
Howdy Y’all! Two down and three to go. YAY! I actually had a good day today. All my appointments were on time, not a whole lot of traffic and mild out but cloudin’ up. Now I await OYKW’s arrival in about an hour so we can go ingest Mexican comestibles. I’s hongree so I am in need of a snack to tide me over. Mayhaps some crackers. **{{{gotti and DH}}}** **Midget** congrats on the new kitteh! Welcome **Lilly**! **Sari** ICK! ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brrrrrrrrrr-in-the-mmp/744164/82 "2016-01-26T20:30:50Z")
Thanks, all. The new cat is extremely heavy and fat. (No, we’re not abusing her or feeding her too much - she came that way. And yes, she is on a diet.) She’s really nice, though she gets startled easily. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brrrrrrrrrr-in-the-mmp/744164/83 "2016-01-26T20:42:09Z")
Oh, and [here’s a picture of Penny.](http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j175/muzition/penny1_zpsbznidqtu.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Buttercup\_Smith](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buttercup_smith/32/473_2.png) [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brrrrrrrrrr-in-the-mmp/744164/84 "2016-01-26T21:09:36Z")
Welcome \*\* Lilly\*\* **Midget** She looks right at home already. I have seen fatter cats. \*\*Blurf \*\* just for good measure. **{{{{{Gotti and DH}}}}}** ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brrrrrrrrrr-in-the-mmp/744164/85 "2016-01-26T21:17:27Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > Oh, and [here’s a picture of Penny.](http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j175/muzition/penny1_zpsbznidqtu.jpg) That resembles Mama Plant’s couch, and she had trained the cats to sit on a towel when they were on the couch. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brrrrrrrrrr-in-the-mmp/744164/86 "2016-01-26T21:29:20Z")
\*\*Midget \*\*- from the way you described her, I expected Jabba the Cat! My sister had a big hairy blob named Fat Tony, and he was, and another friend had a Mr. Franklin who was huge! Penny should be relatively easy to trim down, compared to some I’ve seen. She does look like a lover! Amazingly, it’s about 55° at the moment! Considerable meltage everywhere!! I can see some grass in my yard - not a lot, but a few spots, so yay! I finally got some work to do after lunch, and I have a couple of easy things pending for tomorrow. I asked my boss for work - Hah - that was an exercise in futility. He tells us not to be surfing the web, but he doesn’t give us anything to do. Insanity! \*\*FCD \*\*has an appointment with his surgeon tomorrow and he’ll get the pre-surgical testing done. Assuming all goes well, his back will get fixed next Weds. One of the guys who cleared our driveway had the same surgeon and possibly the same procedure from the way he described it. He was very pleased. So that’s a good sign. Thus endeth the second Monday of my week. No mail today, no FedEx - no surprise either way. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brrrrrrrrrr-in-the-mmp/744164/87 "2016-01-26T21:33:00Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > Oh, and [here’s a picture of Penny.](http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j175/muzition/penny1_zpsbznidqtu.jpg) She looks like Big Fat Durwood Cat but not so big and fat. ---
**Author:** ![Calla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Calla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calla)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brrrrrrrrrr-in-the-mmp/744164/88 "2016-01-26T21:33:27Z")
Thank you all for the warm welcome, and the nickname ������ ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brrrrrrrrrr-in-the-mmp/744164/89 "2016-01-26T21:59:26Z")
She doesn’t look too fat in that picture, maybe because she’s lying down, but she is very fat and heavy. So much so that when I have to carry her somewhere, I can’t even hold her, I have to just sort of lift her briefly. I made cookies this afternoon. I was worried the cat would get into them, but she behaved for the most part. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brrrrrrrrrr-in-the-mmp/744164/90 "2016-01-26T22:09:50Z")
\*\*Lily \*\*- the MMP is an on-going, started new thread every Monday morning, and pretty much all of us have nicknames, just because that’s the way we are. Some make sense, some are a stretch, just ask if you don’t know who’s who. If you hang around, you’ll figure it out eventually. We’re keeping MPSIMS neat and tidy by confining our inanity to this series of threads. Feel free to chime in and join the fun. We’re harmless. You can trust me, because, I’m nice, dammit! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brrrrrrrrrr-in-the-mmp/744164/91 "2016-01-26T22:20:53Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > Oh, and [here’s a picture of Penny.](http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j175/muzition/penny1_zpsbznidqtu.jpg) squeeeeeeeeeee! ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brrrrrrrrrr-in-the-mmp/744164/92 "2016-01-26T22:44:09Z")
Mexican comestibles have been including re-fried beans and rice. Fart fest to follow I am sure. 😃 I have a sad. A friend who has been dealin’ with colon cancer for a long time died yesterday. It was not an unexpected thing but still sad. RIP Tom. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brrrrrrrrrr-in-the-mmp/744164/93 "2016-01-26T22:55:13Z")
**{{{{{swampy & Tom’s family}}}}}** ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brrrrrrrrrr-in-the-mmp/744164/94 "2016-01-27T00:21:51Z")
**{{swampy}}** ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brrrrrrrrrr-in-the-mmp/744164/95 "2016-01-27T00:33:09Z")
RIP Tom. **{{{swampy and Tom’s family}}}** **Emily** , Penny is beautiful! And I have cohabitated with fatter cats (in my defense, it’s hard to put just one cat in a multi-cat household on a diet). So after the new security regs a couple of months ago, today was the first day that I’ve had my coffee mug out on my desk. According to my boss, we’re a much more efficient and genial group when we’re fully caffeinated. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brrrrrrrrrr-in-the-mmp/744164/96 "2016-01-27T00:54:30Z")
Time to eat cake then go to bed. _ **MWAH!** _ ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brrrrrrrrrr-in-the-mmp/744164/97 "2016-01-27T01:48:44Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > Oh, and [here’s a picture of Penny.](http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j175/muzition/penny1_zpsbznidqtu.jpg) I’m not that much of a cat fancier and I think she’s lovely! > [@Calla](#): > > Thank you all for the warm welcome, and the nickname �� It’s a sort of Mumper tradition from very way back when. Almost as universal as us picking on **Flytrap**. 🙂 The MMP has a stickie that explains some of our foolishness. > **[The MMP FAQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=627530)** > > The MMP FAQ \*\*What does MMP stand for? \*\*Monday Morning Post \*\*What the $#@& is an MMP anyhow? \*\*Basically a ragtag collection of stuff that is too pointless even for MPSIMS. Sharing our personal observations, the day -to-day details of our... Now ------ I am hearing rumors that Abe has finally taken that long dirt nap. Need to go roam and see what I can find out. ---
**Author:** ![Calla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Calla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calla)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brrrrrrrrrr-in-the-mmp/744164/98 "2016-01-27T01:58:21Z")
RIP Tom I’m in a food rut. The only thing I really want to eat lately is pineapple. And Almond Roca. I had fish and rice and veggies for dinner and now I am grumpy about it. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brrrrrrrrrr-in-the-mmp/744164/99 "2016-01-27T02:52:21Z")
**{{{Swampy}}}**. I had a friend who passed similarly. I feel your pain. My condolences. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brrrrrrrrrr-in-the-mmp/744164/100 "2016-01-27T03:45:52Z")
I worked. the Canes won. Big company is coming to the store Thursday. > [@EmilyG](#): > > Oh, and [here’s a picture of Penny.](http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j175/muzition/penny1_zpsbznidqtu.jpg) Awwwww. 😃 I miss having a cat. > [@kopek](#): > > Now ------ I am hearing rumors that Abe has finally taken that long dirt nap. Need to go roam and see what I can find out. [Tessio sleeps with the fishes](http://www.abevigoda.com/)☹ {{{{ **swampy** and **Tom** ’s family}}}} [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brrrrrrrrrr-in-the-mmp/744164.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brrrrrrrrrr-in-the-mmp/744164.md?page=6)